#8B3140#8B3140

#8B3140 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.123 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B3140
RGBrgb(139, 49, 64)
HSLhsl(350, 48%, 37%)
HSVhsv(350, 65%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.7%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(34.10, 39.47, 11.40)
CIE-LCHlch(34.10, 41.09, 16.11°)
OKLaboklab(44.73% 0.1191 0.0288)
OKLCHoklch(44.73% 0.123 13.6)
XYZxyz(12.6722, 8.0574, 5.7374)
Luminance0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B3140 #318B7C
analogous
#8B316D #8B3140 #8B4F31
triadic
#8B3140 #408B31 #31408B
tetradic
#8B3140 #6D8B31 #318B7C #4F318B
square
#8B3140 #6D8B31 #318B7C #4F318B
split-complementary
#8B3140 #318B4F #316D8B
monochromatic
#311116 #5E212B #8B3140 #B84155 #CB6B7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04
#8B3140 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61
#8B3140 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3140
8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B3140#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B31401.008.042.618.04
#FFFFFF8.041.0021.001.00
#0000002.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.041.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#464540
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D573E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#982237
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b3140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.123 13.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e74',
    500: '#8b3140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b3140;
$custom-light: #b26e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b3140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4473,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B3140
secondary
#65B2A6
accent
#D7C150
background
#FBF6F7
surface
#F6ECED
border
#D0C7C8
text
#120708
muted
#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3140

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#8B3140 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva